THE FRENCH SOLDIER 1940 VOLUME 2
THE FRENCH SOLDIER 1940 VOLUME 2
THE FRENCH SOLDIER 1940 VOLUME 2
THE FRENCH SOLDIER 1940 VOLUME 2
THE FRENCH SOLDIER 1940 VOLUME 2
THE FRENCH SOLDIER 1940 VOLUME 2
THE FRENCH SOLDIER 1940 VOLUME 2
THE FRENCH SOLDIER 1940 VOLUME 2
THE FRENCH SOLDIER 1940 VOLUME 2
THE FRENCH SOLDIER 1940 VOLUME 2

THE FRENCH SOLDIER 1940 VOLUME 2

L20160214
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THE FRENCH SOLDIER 1940. Volume 2. Equipment, weapons, materiel, by Olivier Bellec.


 

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This second volume presents in great detail the combat equipment, weapons, and personal kit issued to French soldiers at the outbreak of the Second World War. From the bayonet to the mortar, from the humble infantryman's cartridge pouch to the highly complex harness of the spahi, from the transceiver to the individual field dressing, from the gas mask to precision binoculars, from the entrenching tool to the Hotchkiss machine gun — hundreds of items, many of them presented here for the first time, parade through the pages of this extraordinary catalogue. Unmatched to date in the number and variety of pieces brought together, this two-volume work is the fruit of over ten years of research and analysis of military archives, period iconography, and items recovered in the field. 144 pages — 884 photographs

Author 1
Olivier Bellec
Publication date
Reprint November 2020
Pages
144
Illustrations
880 photos
Cover
Hardcover
Publisher
HISTORY & COLLECTIONS
EAN
9782352501732

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